Memorial service: Googie Withers

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Googie Withers in Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes (1938). She was always recognisable by her distinctive round eyes

Published at 12:01AM, November 26 2011

A memorial service for Miss Googie Withers was held on Friday November 25 at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. The Rev Simon Grigg, rector, officiated and pronounced the blessing. During the service Mr Tony Britton read When I Have Fears by Noel Coward; Miss Alexandra Davenport, granddaughter, read a message written by Miss Vanessa Redgrave; Mr Alex Hanson, sang Night and Day by Cole Porter, accompanied by Miss Rosemary Tuck, piano; Miss Valda Wilson, soprano, sang Faure’s Pie Jesu and God Be in My Head by Walford Davies and Mr Roger Davenport, son-in-law, sang Good Night Sweetheart by Ray Noble,